Reposted The original lyrics of Leonard Cohens classic Hallelujah that exhibits his writing genius . . In the opening stanza , it tells how a king ( David ) became helpless with a woman ( Bathseba ), blinded by her beauty that almost destroyed him . The composer, in relating his personal experience , alludes to a well know biblical character and draws an event similar to his in a non challant manner . This literary device ( Typology ) , introduced by the Greeks, whose influenced is seen among the greatest literary compositions from old of which biblical writers in the New Testament adopted . Some of Jesus parables are of this import . Enjoy listening Note : the minor fall and major lift, in not too technical term, are descending and ascending chords of the melody fourth and fifth - or simply suspended in laymans term. ( highly technical ) In classical music from Western culture, a fourth is a musical interval encompassing four staff positions (see Interval number for more details), and the perfect fourth ( Play (help·info)) is a fourth spanning five semitones (half steps, or half tones). For example, the ascending interval from C to the next F is a perfect fourth, as the note F lies five semitones above C, and there are four staff positions from C to F. Diminished and augmented fourths span the same number of staff positions, but consist of a different number of semitones (four and six). The perfect fourth may be derived from the harmonic series as the interval between the third and fourth harmonics. The term perfect identifies this interval as belonging to the group of perfect intervals, so called because they are neither major nor minor (unlike thirds, which are either minor or major) but perfect. Up until the late 19th century, the perfect fourth was often called by its Greek name, diatessaron.[1] Its most common occurrence is between the fifth and upper root of all major and minor triads and their extensions. A perfect fourth in just intonation corresponds to a pitch ratio of 4:3, or about 498 cents ( Play (help·info)), while in equal temperament a perfect fourth is equal to five semitones, or 500 cents. A helpful way to recognize a perfect fourth is to hum the starting of El Cóndor Pasa, the Bridal Chorus from Wagners Lohengrin (Treulich geführt, the colloquially-titled Here Comes the Bride). Other examples are the first two notes of the Christmas carol Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, and, for a descending perfect fourth, the second and third notes of O Come All Ye Faithful.[citation needed] The perfect fourth is a perfect interval like the unison, octave, and perfect fifth, and it is a sensory consonance. In common practice harmony, however, it is considered a stylistic dissonance in certain contexts, namely in two-voice textures and whenever it appears above the bass.[2] If the bass note also happens to be the chords root, the intervals upper note almost always temporarily displaces the third of any chord, and, in the terminology used in popular music, is then called a suspended fourth. Conventionally, adjacent strings of the double bass and of the bass guitar are a perfect fourth apart when unstopped, as are all pairs but one of adjacent guitar strings under standard guitar tuning. Sets of tom-tom drums are also commonly tuned in perfect fourths. The 4:3 just perfect fourth arises in the C major scale between G and C.[3] Play (help·info) . sources- Wikipedia
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